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Fine and Rare Illustrated Books from the
16th-20th century | Books on Art		  
   
  
   

Bouguer, (P.) Traité du navire, de sa construction, et ses mouvemens. Paris, Jombert, 1746. 4to. With woodcut title-vign., 4 engr. text-ills. and 12 fold. engr. plates. XL, 682 pp., 2 lvs. Contemp. marbled calf, richly gilt back between 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers (sl. chafed, 2 corners neatly repaired).

€ 1250
1st ed. - Scheepvaart Mus. 747; Poggendorff I,254; DSB II,343: "The leading French theoretical authority on all things nautical."; Darmstaedter 188: "Eigentliche Grundlage des theoretischen Schiffbaues." - Title with small stamp. A fine copy with ample margins.

  
   

Cardano, G. La metoposcopie ... Traduit en François, par le Sieur C.M. de Laurendiere ... Paris, Jolly, 1658. Fol. With woodcut printer's mark on title and 800 (3 f.p.) woodcut portraits in text. 4 lvs., VIII, 225 pp., 1 lf. Contemp. calf, back gilt between 6 raised bands.

€ 3200
1st French illustr. ed. - Caillet 2019; Dorbon 622; Graesse, BMP, 104; Rosenthal 940: "... une des premières études de la Phrénologie." - This ed. not in Goldsmith and Wellcome. - "Ce rarisseme traité, qui ne se trouve pas dans la collection des Oeuvres de Cardan, est d'ailleurs l'un des meilleurs que l'on ait sur la physiognomie, l'auteur se contentant d'analyser les rides du front et les seings ou marques naturelles du visage (grains et beauté)." (Dorbon-Ainé). Some pages very sl. browned, some spots. A very good copy of a curious item.

  
   

Dapper, O. Historische beschrijving der Stadt Amsterdam: ... Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1663. Folio. With engr. frontisp., engr. coat of arms, 72 engr. d.p. views and plans (4 fold.), 1 text-engraving. 14 nn. pp., 552 pp., 84 nn. pp. Contemp. mottled calf, back gilt, gilt fillets on sides.

€ 3500
Nijhoff/van Hattum 75. Upper joint repaired, gilding on spine sl. faded, corners sl. bumped. A very good copy.

  
   

Holmes, (S.) Voyage en Chine et en Tartarie, à la suite de l'ambassade de Lord Macartney ... Revu et publié ... par L. Langlès. Paris, Delance & Lesueur, 1805. 2 vols. 8vo. With 52 (2 fold.) engr. plates by S. Simon after Wm. Alexander. 2 lvs., XLV, 171 pp.; 2 lvs., 188 pp. Contemp. h. calf, back richly gilt with 2 matching morocco letterpieces.

€ 1700
Graesse III,324; Colas 1472; Hiler 441. Compare Cox I,345 and Lipperheide Le 20/26/27. Enlarged French ed. (1st ed. 1798) of the report about the first British mission (1793-94) to the emperor of China. The fine engrs. depict views of Beijing, Chengde, Dinghai, Linqing, Tianjin, Xuzhou e.o., receptions, customs, costumes, ships, punishments etc. Tear in 1 fold. plan and sm. tear in blanc margin of p. 167 (vol. 1) repaired, otherwise fine almost spotless set in an elegant binding.

  
   

Lilford, (Th.L.) Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. London, Porter, 1885-97. 7 vols. 4to. With portrait and 421 plates of which 48 handcol. liths. and 373 chromoliths. after J.G. Keulemans, A. Thorburn a.o. Contemp. h. morocco on 5 raised bands with spine title, gilt back, gilt stamped fillets on sides, t.e. gilt.

€ 4300
One of 550 copies of the 1st ed. Nissen IVB 563; Anker 308; Zimmer 399. Originally published in 36 instalments from 1885 up to 1897. The zenith of the iconographical description of the birds of the British Isles. (Anker p. 58). Partly a little foxed, spines discoloured. A very good copy of a magnificent work.

  
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